"We worked extensively on the ability of GPU-Z to detect fake NVIDIA graphics cards (i.e cards not really having the GPU advertised on the box), " TechPowerUp's release notes stated.

GPU-Z now prepends '[FAKE]' to the Graphics Card name field, and lights up with a caution triangle. This capability is forward compatible for the supported GPUs (listed in the changelog), ...

TechPowerUp's GPU-Z graphics card information utility will now tell users when they have unwittingly purchased a fake graphics card. The updated software, now available as version 2. 12.0, will ...

GPU-Z v2.62.0 has full support for NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards GPU scam warning: GeForce RTX 3090 being rebranded, sold as a fake RTX 4090 Famed programmer drops ...

GPU-Z is a lightweight utility that's frequently used to identify GPUs and parse their various characteristics. It's capable of logging a number of GPU variables in real-time, which is useful for ...

When such a video card is detected, GPU-Z will add "[FAKE]" to the name field for the graphics card, as seen in the screenshot below. The update promises to be able to detect a fake RTX 2060 that ...

GPU-Z will inform the user if their new card is a relabeled G84, G86, G92, G94, G96, GT215, GT216, GT218, GF108, GF106, GF114, GF116, GF119, or GK106 GPU by displaying an exclamation mark where ...

The fake graphics card detection is available in GPU-Z v2.12.0 which can be downloaded right now.It's free for both personal and commercial use. This new version is also meant to be more stable ...